# MIDA: Stratos Project Area page

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** Medium
**Source Type:** official-page
**URL:** https://www.midaut.org/stratos
**Archive:** https://web.archive.org/web/20260726191627/https://www.midaut.org/stratos
**Archived:** 2026-07-26
**Publisher:** Military Installation Development Authority
**Retrieved:** 2026-08-12
**Raw:** raw/stratos-mida-project-area-page/2026-08-11-6fe96a0d4693.txt
**Updated:** 2026-08-11
**Relates:** cites [Stratos Data Center](stratos-data-center.md) · https://greatutah.work/pages/stratos-data-center.md · https://www.midaut.org/stratos

## Summary

MIDA's own landing page for the Stratos Project Area in western Box Elder County. It is the origin of
the power figures that circulate in press coverage of the project — a Phase One commitment and a
full-buildout number — and it publishes the underlying MIDA board documents (project area plan,
adopting resolution, energy tax ordinance, master development agreement, development standards) as
PDFs. This is MIDA describing its own project, so it is self-reported tier; the documents it links to
are separate primary records and have their own pages here.

## Useful Claims

- MIDA states Phase One of the Stratos Project Area is a 3 GW commitment and that full buildout is
  approximately 9 GW.
- MIDA describes the project area as roughly 40,000 acres of unincorporated western Box Elder County,
  in Hansel Valley. This is the only public statement of the site at an area granularity precise
  enough to map.
- MIDA states the project supports artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and mission-critical
  defense operations.
- MIDA projects roughly 2,000 permanent jobs, $30 million a year to the county in Phase One rising to
  $108 million a year at full buildout, and $16.2 million in upfront funding to offset initial county
  budget impacts. These are MIDA's projections, not audited or contracted figures.
- MIDA states the project area plan was adopted by its board and consented to by the Box Elder County
  Commission, and that further development requires state environmental review and permitting.

## Verbatim

> "Located on approximately 40,000 acres in unincorporated Box Elder County, Stratos is being planned in phases with continued state-required environmental review, infrastructure coordination, and community engagement."
> — MIDA project-area page, overview

> "For the local community, Stratos is expected to create thousands of construction jobs and approximately 2,000 permanent opportunities across the energy, technology, and operations sectors."
> — MIDA project-area page, community impacts

> "The development team has committed to funding all public infrastructure for the project area, along with $16.2 million in up-front funding to offset initial impacts on the Box Elder County budget."
> — MIDA project-area page, community impacts

> "Phase One, with a committed 3GW, is projected to generate $30 million annually, and at approximately 9GW buildout, that figure is projected to reach $108 million annually."
> — MIDA project-area page, projected county revenue

## Reliability Notes

Self-reported tier. MIDA is the land use authority for the project area and the party that assembled
it, so this page is strong evidence of what MIDA has committed to publicly and weak evidence that any
figure on it will be built. **The 3 GW and 9 GW numbers are MIDA's own projections.** Only the 3 GW
figure appears in an instrument at all — as a Phase 1 build obligation in
[the master development agreement](stratos-master-development-agreement.md) — and that document is a
posted draft with blank signature and acknowledgment fields, so it is not evidence of a binding
commitment either. No 9 GW figure appears in any instrument located for this page.

The economic figures ($30M, $108M, $16.2M) are forward projections of tax revenue from a project that
has not broken ground and has not been permitted. Treat them as MIDA's case for the project.

The page is a Squarespace site; a plain fetch returns the rendered HTML, so the capture is readable.

## Related Pages

- [Stratos Data Center](stratos-data-center.md)
- [Military Installation Development Authority](military-installation-development-authority.md)
- [Source: Stratos Project Area Master Development Agreement (2026)](stratos-master-development-agreement.md)
- [Source: Stratos Project Area Plan and MIDA Board Resolution 2026-06](stratos-project-area-plan.md)